Bryston BDP and BOT not working anymore => because of my mistake setting (solved):
I Think I found the bug that was bugging me with the BOT-1 and my BDP.
When I ran into issues with importing from the BOT,
I must have set the scratch disk to a HD called 1TB connected to the BDP
Then later disconnected the HD called 1TB and connected a new HD called FLAC01
As the scratch disk settings of the BDP was still searching for the scratch disk
The whole BDP + BOT became in a crash modus. (That is what I think happened )
Because when I connected a thumbdrive to the BDP, named 1TB all issues suddenly were gone, and the CD backup worked again.
My suggestions (as send to Bryston) Chris:
in disk information settings show scratch disk- to (what) HD/ SSD/ Thumbdrive
in the same row as disk size, mount point etc
Make it easy to disconnect the scratch disk somehow
Scratch disk location,
How to stop the scratch disk location/ do not use any HD for scratch
can it be de-assigned?
Suggestion: in disk information/settings in the row with mount point, size , block etc perhaps a line could mention scratch location: used/ not used.
If this really was the cause of my struggle, setting a scratch disk location, then ejecting that USB HD/SSD making the BDP plus BOT unusable for cd import is ‘a thing’
Timing (webbrowser entree) to the BDP
it takes about 5-10 seconds between pressing the button backup and the message: backup initiated
Suggestion; can that be shorter? or a message earlier: back up cd starting
When the cd backup is ready, it takes time before ejecting the CD from the BOT
there is no message that it is busy with anything, until the cd is ejected.
It only shows completed on the last track.
Suggestion; can a message be shown, busy (0/100%) wait until CD is ejected
When in backup of a CD using the BOT
I noticed that on the physical display of the BDP, the notification shows: CD Ready
Suggestion: while using the BOT to backup a CD (using the webbrowser entree to the BDP)
show on the physical display of the BDP: BOT CD backup in progress (0/100%)
CD being physical these can gert dirty/ scratches etc
Some CD became stuck in the backup progress
Meaning the cd needs to be ejected and the backup progress is stopped
A timer could help, after so many times trying to read the data, skip the track. Not importing it. Next track.
Suggestion;
Webbrowser BOT settings menu in he BDP
- how many times re reading CD tracks before skipping the track
Cover art
the meta data shows the artist and album information
he BDP does search for the cover art, but you need to open the cover art menu before you see it and could change it tp the correct cover art
Suggestion, to preview the supposed correct cover art in the cd backup screen without the need to open the cover art menu first
Here my search for solving my issue of BOT not ripping my CD's
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Issue BOT and BDP
at first I had a HD called 1TB
the first CD was correct written to the HD 1TB
the 2nd CD did not write the data to the HD 1TB
Tried a 3rd CD, no luck
checked some settings in the Disk settings from the BDP (I think I must have made the setting scratch disk to the 1TB HD then)
the connected HD to the BDP perhaps to be the issue
formatted it again and gave it a new name FLAC01
Then the issues really started
back up CD did not work anymore
the BDP mentioned every time I tried to backup: already running backup
days later, no result on the HD
I noticed that the original 1TB name was still mentioned in the BDP at the right side in media player
checked the settings for backup in the BDP these were correctly pointed towards the new
name for the HD: FLAC01
Still the backup did not work
tried many OS for checking the import settings of the BDP
included the Sony OLED TV OS, and different webbrowsers
same result, no backup
It is not the OS
Checked the HD
it’s not the HD, playing songs from the HD no problem
Checked the BOT, for playing CD’s no issues
it’s not the BOT
Checked the USB connection cable
it’s not the cable
using my Macbook Pro on latest Macos, I noticed differences between the Mac and iphone using bryston web entree to the bdp.
When using the iphone webbrowser for example I saw zero red ( disconnected ) ssd or hd.
On the mac often I saw a row of disconnected ssd/hd storage mediums. 1TB for example
Also on the mac a row of flac songs in red.
I deselected show corrupt tracks on mediaplayer settings.
Since then I do not see red flac tracks on the iphone bryston web entree to the bdp.
In the webbrowser I could choose where to burn the cd content to, but also to disconnected ssd/hd. the 1TB. That shouldn’t be selectable.. I suppose.
When connecting a external ssd or hd to the bdp often there are issues : disconnected mpd
While mpd is connected. The cpu load is then >90%.
A thumbstick then too has issues, stays red.
That 1TB name in the media player…
I formatted a new thumbdrive and named it 1TB
inserted it in the rear USB port
Backup from CD started to work again, without changing any settings
Shutdown the BDP, checked the thumbdrive called 1TB for song data.
No data was written to the thumbdrive
Using the webbrowser to the BDP checked if the rip was done
checked the name of the just backup CD in the media player
nothing
Checked the BDP using physical buttons, scrolling through the FLAC1 HD content
There it (finally) was mentioned
So the 1TB was the bug in this/ my settings made to the 1TB somehow maintained
I guess that perhaps I choose scratch disk for the 1TB while trying to get the BDP to work with the BOT
And the BDP now needs that 1TB scratch HD
One bug that bugs me: why can’t I see the backup CD in the webbrowser, while I can see them using the physical buttons to scroll through the songs…
Because I was trying to get my BOT to work and investigating why it did not work
I had many OS open: browsers Opera, Chrome, Safari on the Mac and Sony OS/ Google TVOS on the Sony OLED
This also gives issues, when importing for example a CD using Safari webbrowser with the backup page of the BDP open to check the progress of the CD backup
AND at the same time having Chrome webbrowser to the adress of the BDP opening mediaplayer will stop the cd backup in the Safari webbrowser to the BDP, ejecting the CD and the backup stopped.
Running the Bryston webbrowser to the BDP on multiple OS is not a good idea.
1 thing at the time, either backup cd’s or play songs I guess (for the BDP-1)
all in all, I have the BOT working (again) with the BDP
It imports CD / backups my CD into the BDP, read the data, encodes, checks metadata, then ejects the CD